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5. T. MASSEYQ EMBLEMA'IICBUTTON'AND PROCESS OVF MAKING IT. APPLICATION FILED NO-V. 5| |918.

WITNESS:

INVENTOR.

A TTORNEYS EDWARD T. iviiassEY, orNnwYonK, N. Y. t

EMBLEMATIG BUTTON AND :enocnss on `ivrakrner rr.

Specification oflLetters Patent. `i Patented Julie 24, 1919.

Application filed November 5. 191e. sei-iai No. 261.215;

To all whom t may concern."

Be it known that I, EDWARD T. MnssnY, `a

citizen of the United States, residing atlthe` lcity of New York, borough of Brooklyn, and

State of New York,` haveinvented certain" new and useful Improvements in Ilmbleme` atie Buttons and Processes of Making Them,`

of which the following ,is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to buttons,.` particuf..

larly to emblematic buttons of the type prof. vided with stick pins, and their method of manufacture. Primarily my object is to produce such buttons at less cost than those here tofore produced, while resembling the latter in appearance. I ,accomplish` this object by. employing an inexpensive readily deform-v` able material, such aspaper, for` a backing c sheet in which I embed the` head and` por-` tion of the shank of a straight pin, the deformable nature of the backing material holding the pin in place vand obviating the necessity of providing the complicated struc-p y tures for holding the stick .pins 1n` place :y which are now m vogue. While I contein-jy` plate also using a facing sheet of inexpensive material, such `as paper. I m1ght,.of,course,`

. sectionQofthe cutting dies employed in one of the operations with some of the` elements i use the pin-embedded backing sheets with the facings, now in use, which would mates rially reduce the expense of the present but tons, I have, however, "discovered thatbyj using both a facing of paper `and a backing to be `operated upon in position;

Fig.` 6 isa vertical section of my finished button, and

Fig. 7 is avertical section similar to that y shownin Fig. 5, but at right angles thereto.

.Referring tov the drawings, an anvil block metrically arranged in rows in the block to Under1 each row of pinreceiving openings 11, I `provide a groove or chase 13 in the block l0, lin .which I `place a stripiof contpressibgle material 14, such as rubber. Each `IOpreferably of steel or iron is provided i p with a` plurality of pin-.receiving openings 11` adapted to receive pins 12, preferably geoy l facilitatethe executionfolfsome ofthe subsep quent; operations, as will hereinafter appear.

of the compressilb'le strips is faced with a thin strip of flexiblemetal 15.` The strips of `material `la and facing strips `15 provide a `yielding' surfacewlnch ermits the operation ofbending the shank of the pins in the man 11er to he described, to be carried outwithout creating a hook on the end of the pin as would be the case if thepin points rested on an unyielding surface.` The rubber strips maybeheld inplace in anyy convenient manner, asfor example by a retaining plate 1G.

The blocpklOis further prov-idedwith a pair `of upstanding dowel or registry pins sheet of such material, I `may simultaneously f out and unite thebaclring and facing sheets..

comprising `loo-th a 'backing and j facing of;

paper. f

The drawings accompanyingthis specifi? cation and forming part the one example of my invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view olf some of p rying out my method;

the elements `and appurtenances used in car- `and thus effect a very `marked saving in the. cost of producing the button. Hence `I have ,p describedV as my preferred form `a `button 17, which facilitate the proper positioning of the worlrwith` respect to the working elements. For each of the pin receiving openings 1].4 thereisprovided on the upper surn face of thefbl-oclr 10 a dome shaped former, which consists ofya crowned dislr of `paper t 18,. (showniin .Fig.,3l), having a diametrip .i slightly. eccentric` to the pin receiving openrcof illustrate showing some of the elements and. appur-.p

tenances in position to perform one of the operations g Fig. 3 is a vtop plan view of one of crown forming elements;

Fig. 4 is side elevati-on partly in of some` of the elements` and appurtenances employed in carryingout` another operation;

Fig. 5 is an enlargedfragmentarygvertieat call groove V. 19. These `dislrs are located ings 11,` asshown in Fig. 1. A thin sheet .l of paper `20 is preferably pasted over these disks `serving to, retain them in place and forming a smooth surface for the assemblage ,t p p ,l y of elements. `The sheet, `when applied, may Fig. 2 is a side elevationpartly insection` disks aplaten, and will so referto ithereafter andin my claims. 1 f

. In carrying out my method, I first preferably prepare a backing sheet 2l, z'. c., the

sheet which is to `form the back of the button., This jsheet may, and preferably does,

consist `of a fibrous material, such as a twoply sheet of paper. I either first perforate this sheet with perforations or holes 22 corresponding to the openings 11 and with registry openings 28, adapted to receive registry pins 17, or I indicate the proper position for openings 22 which can be made by stick pins 12 at the same time as they are positioned in openings 11 in a manner to be described. Assumingl that the sheet 21 is provided with perforations 22 and registry opening 23, and `that it is in position on the block 10 with openings 23 engaging registry pins 17 stick pins 12 are positioned in openings 22 and 11 with their points bearing on the i resilientlysupported metallic strips 15. The heads and a portion of the shank of each pin project above the upper surface of'sheet 21 in position to have the heads and the shank turned down and embedded therein. To embed the pins in sheet 21, I utilize a pin-embedding device of any convenient Construction, which may comprise a pressure roller as 25 under which the platen is adapted to move in the direction of arrow A. The movement of the platen under the roller 25 bends down the heads of the pins and forces them and a portion of the shanky ofthe pin into the backing sheet 21, the backing sheet being simultaneously forced into radial openings 19 of disks 18 and partially crowned. The heads and a portion ofthe shank of pins 12 having been embedded in the backing sheet, a sheet of thin paper 26 'having an adhesive on both sides is united to the backing sheet 21 securely holding the heads and Shanks of the pins 12 in position.

A facing sheet 28 offibrous material, preferafbly ofsingle-ply paper adapted to form the face of the finished button is prepared by embossing or otherwise impressing therein a plurality of conveXities, for instance, by means of male yand female dies 30 and 31 shown in'Fig. 4. The faces of the dies may have any suitable'configuration which will of course form a replica thereof in the convexities formed by the dies, and the sheet 28 may further be colored in any suitable manner. FThe convexities '33 shown in Fig.

5 arespaced and arranged relatively to each other inthe same manner as the openings 11. As the conveXities 33 are to form the face 0f 'the button, I provide registry openings, not shown, for the sheet 28, similar to those provided for sheet 21, so that when the sheet 28 is placed on sheet 21 with `the registry openings' in position, the convexities 33 will be substantially centrally located with respect tothe'portion of the shank of the pin embedded in sheet 21, that is, eccentric to the openings 11, and 22. The sheets are then ready for cutting and pressing.

A vertically reciprocating cutting 'member 85 having a plurality ofcutfting dies 36 having vknife edges 37, lwedge-shaped in cross section, and a .stem 39, is preferably employed to effect the cutting and pressing. The knife edges 37 are positioned concentrically with respect to the convexities 33 and on the upward movement of stem 39, cut the sheet 28 and carry the edges of the eut portion over the edges of the cut portion of the sheet 21. The sheet 21 is only partially cui' in this operation so that Some of the subsequent operations may be more conveniently carried out. In order that the cutting may be only partial, I provide a rubber disk 39 in cach of the dies 86 and a rubber mat A'l0 having openings corresponding to the dies 36 on the cutting member 35 between these dies. The sheet containing the partially serered buttons is then passed through a pin bending machine which bends the pins to theirA filial position. The wedge-shape of the knife edges forces the edges of the faeing sheet against the edges of the cut portion of the backing sheet and firmly unites them, and simultaneously carries the edges of the facing sheet over the edges of the backingsheet forming a smooth edge but ton. This button produced from two disks of paper and a straight pin resembled the buttons heretofore produced from Celluloid, metals, etc., and may be produced at a fraction of their cost.

I claim:

1. The improvement in the art of making buttons which comprises embedding the head and portion of the shank of a pin in one faceV of a backing sheet, securing a facing sheet to said backing sheet to anchor said embedded head and sha-nk portion therebetween against lateral displacement, cutting the button from said sheets, and bending over the remaining shank portion ofthe pin along the other face of the backing material.

2. The improvement in the art of making buttonswh'ich comprises partially passing a pin through a sheet of fibrous material, bendnrg the portion of the shank projecting above the surface downwardly and embedding vthe bent portion in said sheet to anchor the pin against lateral displacement, cuttingl a disk from said sheet, the pin having previously been passed through the disk before being cut, and bending over the remaining shank portion ofthe pin along the other face of the backing material.

3. The improvement in the art of making buttons, which comprises partially passing a straight pin through a sheet of backing paper, bending the portion of the pin projecting above the surface of the paper downwardly, embedding the bent portion in the.

paper to anchor the pin against lateral displacement, covering the surface of the sheet in 'whichthe pins have been embedded with a'facin'gsheet, cutting both ksheets and simultaneously forcing the edges of the cut portion of the facing sheet over edges of the cu-t portion of the backing sheet, and bending over the remaining portion of the pin shank projecting above its surface bent downwardly and embedded in said sheet to anchor the pin against lateral displacement.

5. A button comprising a backing sheet having the head and a portion of the shank of a pin embedded in one face thereof, and a facing sheet secured to said. backing sheet to anchor the pin against lateral displacement. y f* 6. A button comprising a backing sheet, a pin having its head and a part of its shank embedded in one face of said backing sheet, and a sheet of facing material secured to said backing sheet to anchor said embedded head and shank portion therebetween against lateral displacement, the remaining shank part of the shank `being bent over Copies of this patent may be obtained for and extending along the other face of the backing sheet. y

7. A button comprising a backing disk of paper having the `head and a portion of the shank of a pin embedded therein, and a facing' disk ofpaper having its edges covering the edges of the backing disk and united therewith to anchor the head and shank portion of the pin against lateral displacement.

8.` A button comprising a backing disk of heavy paper having a pin passed eccentrically therethrough one end of said pin being bent over and embedded in one face of said backing disk, and a facing disk of thin paper adhesively attached to said face of the backing disk toanchor the embedded portion of the pin against lateral displacement, the edges of the facing disk extending down over the edge of the backing disk.

In witness whereof I subscribe my signature.

EDWARD T.` MAssLEY.

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